In today's show:
- Washington Urges Beijing To End Military Pressure on Taiwan, Engage in Dialogue
- Taiwan Stock Market Reaches Record High on First Trading Day of 2026
- Budget Deadlock Looms As Taiwan’s Opposition-Held Legislature Blocks 2026 Spending Plan
- Defense Ministry Launches Loan Program To Curb Underground Moneylending to Soldiers
- Swiss Authorities Probe Bar Fire That Left 40 Dead and Over 100 Injured
- US Sanctions Chinese-Linked Firms for Helping Venezuela Evade Oil Restrictions
- Indigenous Conservationists Fight To Bring Giant Clams Back to Taiwan’s East Coast